Switching from Eudora to Outlook

[Guest]

Hi! I'm being forced to change from Eudora to Outlook 2003. I have 8 years worth of email in Eudora, and I'm concerned about losing a lot of information when switching over.

Are there any solutions for importing and not losing the email sent dates and statuses (replied, forwarded, etc.)? I'm willing to pay for add-on software or anything that will make the transition better. I'm not concerned with the address books, just the emails.

I will definitely keep Eudora around as an archive, but I'd like all of my mail in one place because I refer constantly to old emails.

I would appreciate any help! Thank you!

 

[austinpctech]

Hi! I'm being forced to change from Eudora to Outlook 2003. I have 8 years

worth of email in Eudora, and I'm concerned about losing a lot of
information when switching over.

Are there any solutions for importing and not losing the email sent dates

and statuses (replied, forwarded, etc.)? I'm willing to pay for add-on
software or anything that will make the transition better. I'm not
concerned with the address books, just the emails.

I will definitely keep Eudora around as an archive, but I'd like all of my

mail in one place because I refer constantly to old emails.

I would appreciate any help! Thank you!

Outlook 2003 now imports from Eudora. Check out the article at
http://www.microsoft.com/office/ork/2003/three/ch9/OutD01.htm. Notice the
section titled: Upgrading from other mail and scheduling programs

Good Luck

 

[Diane Poremsky [MVP]]

See if this has information that helps
http://www.slipstick.com/config/convmsg.htm

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[Gordon]

Hi! I'm being forced to change from Eudora to Outlook 2003. I have 8 years

worth of email in Eudora, and I'm concerned about losing a lot of
information when switching over.

Are there any solutions for importing and not losing the email sent dates

and statuses (replied, forwarded, etc.)? I'm willing to pay for add-on
software or anything that will make the transition better. I'm not
concerned with the address books, just the emails.

I will definitely keep Eudora around as an archive, but I'd like all of my

mail in one place because I refer constantly to old emails.

I would appreciate any help! Thank you!

The main problem you will encounter is messages with attachments. Eudora
keeps attachments in a separate file, rather than with the message as
Outlook does. If you have attachments that you want to keep, then save them
to your HDD first, as the import in Outlook will NOT import the attachment
with the message.

 

[Diane Poremsky [MVP]]

The main problem you will encounter is messages with attachments. Eudora

keeps attachments in a separate file, rather than with the message as
Outlook does. If you have attachments that you want to keep, then save
them
to your HDD first, as the import in Outlook will NOT import the attachment
with the message.

Isn't the file on the hard drive already, in an attachments folder?

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Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours
Coauthor, OneNote 2003 for Windows (Visual QuickStart Guide)
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[Gordon]

Isn't the file on the hard drive already, in an attachments folder?

Yes you're quite correct!

 

[Diane Poremsky [MVP]]

Outlook has always imported from Eudora - up to version 4. According to the
import wizard, Outlook does not support v5 but I don't have v5 installed to
verify.

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Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours
Coauthor, OneNote 2003 for Windows (Visual QuickStart Guide)
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[Gordon]

Outlook has always imported from Eudora - up to version 4. According to the
import wizard, Outlook does not support v5 but I don't have v5 installed to
verify.

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The only difference between v4 and v is that in v5 you can specify a
non-default location for mail boxes. Otherwise the mailbox format is exactly
the same. I'm fairly sure outlook will import v5 (using the v4 wizard) if
it is in the default location, and reasonably sure that if it isn't, you can
navigate to the location within the import dialog.